Updated Sunday Feb. 1

2026 NBA Strength of Schedule Rankings

Strength of Schedule Played and Strength of Schedule Remaining for all 30 NBA teams.

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Our NBA Strength of Schedule rankings represents the average difficulty of those opponents that each team has faced or will face during the current season. The strength of an opponent is determined by their ranking in our Composite NBA Power Rankings. A low opponent average ranking (opp avg) indicates a difficult schedule, whereas a high opponent average ranking suggests an easier schedule.

NBA Strength of Schedule Played

Our Strength of Schedule Played shows the current average ranking for each opponent that a given team has faced to date.

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TEAM DIVISION GURU
RANK		 AVERAGE
OPPONENT
RANK
1
KingsSAC12-38
Pacific 28
12.19
2
Trail BlazersPOR23-26
Northwest 20
13.29
3
JazzUTAH15-34
Northwest 29
13.36
4
PelicansNO13-38
Southwest 25
13.59
5
SunsPHX30-19
Pacific 11
14.11
6
PacersIND13-36
Central 26
14.11
7
HawksATL24-27
Southeast 18
14.12
8
HeatMIA26-24
Southeast 15
14.35
9
BucksMIL18-28
Central 24
14.39
10
GrizzliesMEM18-29
Southwest 21
14.40
11
NetsBKN13-34
Atlantic 27
14.46
12
MagicORL25-22
Southeast 17
14.54
13
SpursSA32-16
Southwest 5
14.84
14
ClippersLAC22-25
Pacific 12
14.87
15
CavaliersCLE29-21
Central 9
15.06
16
MavericksDAL19-30
Southwest 23
15.24
17
76ersPHI27-21
Atlantic 16
15.31
18
WizardsWSH12-35
Southeast 30
15.41
19
RaptorsTOR29-21
Atlantic 14
15.60
20
HornetsCHA22-28
Southeast 19
15.70
21
WarriorsGS27-23
Pacific 10
15.72
22
BullsCHI24-25
Central 22
15.90
23
TimberwolvesMIN31-19
Northwest 6
15.90
24
RocketsHOU30-17
Southwest 3
15.94
25
CelticsBOS30-18
Atlantic 8
16.43
26
LakersLAL29-18
Pacific 13
16.46
27
ThunderOKC38-11
Northwest 1
16.67
28
KnicksNY30-18
Atlantic 4
16.69
29
NuggetsDEN33-16
Northwest 7
17.04
30
PistonsDET35-12
Central 2
17.07

NBA Strength of Schedule Remaining

Our Strength of Schedule Remaining rankings show the average difficulty of opponents each team will face for the rest of the season.

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TEAM DIVISION GURU
RANK		 AVERAGE
OPPONENT
RANK
1
NuggetsDEN33-16
Northwest 7
12.33
2
ThunderOKC38-11
Northwest 1
12.66
3
LakersLAL29-18
Pacific 13
13.16
4
WarriorsGS27-23
Pacific 10
13.68
5
MavericksDAL19-30
Southwest 23
13.86
6
BullsCHI24-25
Central 22
13.97
7
KnicksNY30-18
Atlantic 4
14.30
8
HornetsCHA22-28
Southeast 19
14.41
9
CelticsBOS30-18
Atlantic 8
14.41
10
PistonsDET35-12
Central 2
14.42
11
SpursSA32-16
Southwest 5
14.67
12
RaptorsTOR29-21
Atlantic 14
14.71
13
76ersPHI27-21
Atlantic 16
14.78
14
NetsBKN13-34
Atlantic 27
14.93
15
MagicORL25-22
Southeast 17
15.17
16
TimberwolvesMIN31-19
Northwest 6
15.23
17
WizardsWSH12-35
Southeast 30
15.28
18
GrizzliesMEM18-29
Southwest 21
15.45
19
ClippersLAC22-25
Pacific 12
15.48
20
RocketsHOU30-17
Southwest 3
15.51
21
JazzUTAH15-34
Northwest 29
15.58
22
BucksMIL18-28
Central 24
15.58
23
SunsPHX30-19
Pacific 11
15.59
24
PacersIND13-36
Central 26
15.67
25
PelicansNO13-38
Southwest 25
15.81
26
HeatMIA26-24
Southeast 15
16.08
27
HawksATL24-27
Southeast 18
16.38
28
Trail BlazersPOR23-26
Northwest 20
16.74
29
CavaliersCLE29-21
Central 9
16.96
30
KingsSAC12-38
Pacific 28
17.57